The 2022 Criminal Bar Association Flagship Lecture in partnership with the Kalisher Trus was held on the 17th January 2022 from 5.30pm, delivered virtually by Sir Stephen Silber. The Lecture was titled: ‘Presumed guilty? Judge Jeffreys, fair trial, and the Bloody Assizes’ To download the lecture please click the link: KALISHER LECTURE 2022
We are pleased to announce that the 2022 Death Penalty Project / Kalisher Trust Legal Internship is open for applications. The internships are paid and run for six months, starting in early 2022; we are grateful to Doughty Street Chambers who co-fund these internships. We welcome applications from those who meet the Kalisher Trust’s charitable purpose,… Read more »
Congratulations to Anna Draper, who has been selected as the Kalisher Trust’s Intern with the Sentencing Academy for the upcoming year. We thank all candidates for their high quality applications. The Sentencing Academy is a research body dedicated to developing expert and public understanding of sentencing within the criminal justice system in England and Wales…. Read more »
Sally Penni MBE has recently interviewed two members of the Kalisher family for her podcast, Talking Law (from Women in the Law UK), and we are pleased to share the episodes here. Episode 55 is an interview with our Patron, the actor Martin Shaw, who reflected on his life as an actor in parts ranging from… Read more »
We are delighted to announce that the Kalisher Trust’s Intern with JUSTICE for 2021-2022 has been selected. Rawaid Javed was successful in his application after another competitive selection process. Congratulations to Rawaid and we hope you enjoy your time with JUSTICE. JUSTICE are at the forefront of law reform and upholding access to justice, and… Read more »
We are pleased to announce that Tomos McFarlane has been selected as the Kalisher scholar for the University of Birmingham LLM course for 2021-2022. As usual, the standard of applications was high this year – congratulations Tomos for your achievement! Tomos reflected on his success: I am so grateful to be in receipt of this award… Read more »
Max Hardy, one of the Kalisher Trustees, is quoted in the Economist (14.08.21) on the problems caused by the court backlog across England and Wales. The full article is here: Britain’s courts are in a mess | The Economist It is accessible for free with an email sign-up.
We are pleased to announce that the Trust will run a criminal advocacy training course in Autumn 2021, and applications are now open. The course runs over five evening sessions in central London, and then a Saturday ‘Action Clinic’ at a central London crown court. This is an intensive course aimed at those who are… Read more »
The Kalisher Trust is proud to be working with educational charity Leducate. Leducate aims to promote an understanding of everyday legal rights among secondary school-aged students in England and Wales. They provide curriculum resources and training for teachers to deliver lessons directly to students on a range of topics including their civil and consumer rights. For… Read more »
JUSTICE invites applications for The Kalisher Trust internship at JUSTICE. The Kalisher intern works with our legal team on a range of criminal justice matters. As an intern you will be an invaluable member of our team, assisting in the development of our policy lines and providing research and analysis to support arguments for or… Read more »
